Monitoring and Headphones with u46mk2

[dj_James]

Hello all, I am a user of DVS 7.21 and u46MK2 with 1.41drivers

Since i dont have any turntables at the moment I thought i would try my hand at some strtaight mixing off the laptop. Im running into some problems with monitoring though. I thought i would be able to just use one output of my u46mk2 to output to my speakers and use the headphones on it to monitor but it seems there is no settings to set what the headphones play out. Is it so that these output only the same as the mix out and that is hardwired, there is no way to change that?

My other option was to use the u46mk2 to monitor and use my on board sound card to output to the speakers, but it seems there is no way to use 2 sound cards at once. I thought using AISO4ALL driver would fix that but even with that I am only allowed to have one active sound card at once. Is this right or am I doing something wrong?

I under stand that I can use my second output and wire that up to my headphones but at the moment I dont have the tools to do that and I want to get mixing. This also seems like abit of a bodge job and i find it hard to beleive this is the only way.

In summary, this specific use soundcard [U46MK2] i would of thought would have this option to monitor through headphones only the channel you want and yeah, i know its not a mixer but cant help but feel it should act like one!

Thanks for listening...

[UncleVibes]

use channel 5/6 for you main output
use 1/2 for monitoring or 3/4

[dj_James]

Thanks for your reply.

channels 5/6 wont work for my output, why is that? Surely not because its broken?

So I have done the opposite of what u said, using channels5/6 for monitoring so it doesnt spoil the main out. Unfortunately this means right before i mix i have to switch the channel on the deck from 3 to one so it will play out. I also still hear the main out in my headphones making it harder to mix. Im hoping ive done this wrong but i cant seehow to make channels 5/6 to work as an output, do i need to use aiso4all driver for this??

Thanks

Config Report:

Config 2009/05/27 19:33

OS=Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 build=2600 processor=PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13, GenuineIntel
MixVibes DVS version=7.218 DLL langage=US version=7.210

System Setting
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Load in Ram Channel1= Yes Channel2= Yes
Load memory time limit=13 Load time=normal
Low gui priority=No Equalization bypass=No
MultiInstance=No

General Setting
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Nb Mixer Channels=2 Nb Samples=16
Windows Caption=No Theme=0
TAG V1=Yes TAG V2=Yes

Mix Setting
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AutoCue=Yes AutoGain=Yes AutoBpm at Load=Yes
Display Pitch=Yes Auto Match at load=No
Bpm Range min=78 max=150
Loop in bar boundaries=Yes Security=No History=Yes
Compressor=No Limiter=No

Sound Configuration
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Nb Sound=2 Nb Mixer=0
Managment Type ASIO
Device=MIXVIBES U46MK2 ASIO AsioVersion=0 DriverVersion=2
Latency=6 Driver sampling=48000 Nb Input=4 Nb Output=6
Managment Type ASIO
1-L:U46DJ 5/6 2-R:U46DJ 5/6
3-L:U46DJ 3/4 4-R:U46DJ 3/4

Vinyl Configuration
--------------------
Vinyl 1 not connected
Vinyl 2 not connected

[gakto2009]

you can set the master output to 1/2 and use 3/4 to monitor..

select your u46 as the output audio device,

audiointerface.jpg

select the channels and change the monitor output to 3/4

outputconfig.jpg

then set the virtual players to output in channel 01.

playerssetto1.jpg

plug you speakers into output 1/2 on the soundcard and your headphone into output 3/4

regards,
Bryan

[dj_James]

I cant phisically plug my headphones into channels 3/4, do u mean virtually?

[UncleVibes]

you can use 3 channel if you set to 44.1 khz your u46 instead of 48 khz

[dj_James]

Excellent. Thank you very much

[gakto2009]

I cant phisically plug my headphones into channels 3/4, do u mean virtually?

you need to use the adaptor that came with the u46mk2, two phono's to the headphone jack thing.

regards,
Bryan